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How to pronounce sailor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boater, leghorn, panama, panama hat, skimmer, straw hat
Type of hat, chapeau, lid
Type Words
Synonyms crewman
Type of skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Has types yachtswoman, gob, hand, jack, jack-tar, lascar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar, water dog, water rat, yachtsman
Derivation sail
Type Words
Synonyms bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy
Type of serviceman, man, military man, military personnel
Has types submariner, seal, coastguardsman, navy seal, striker
Derivation sail

Examples of sailor

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Young Josephine, the captain's daughter, is in love with sailor Ralph Rackstraw.
From the sacbee.com
He bought an Optimist dinghy from Olympic 470 sailor Nick Rogers when he was 10.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He protested to the medical officer, telling him that he would be a good sailor.
From the ocregister.com
Tara, a feisty, 5-foot brunette, was a former sailor who had been divorced once.
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There were striped, sailor-themed sets and sheer bras with barely there bottoms.
From the signonsandiego.com
The sailor appears in one of the old photographs of the ship's crew, Bryan said.
From the washingtonpost.com
I was a young sailor stationed aboard the Navy destroyer USS Cassin Young DD793.
From the kentucky.com
In either case, he must have been an experienced leader and sailor by that time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The boats accommodate just one sailor and carry a price tag of $2,500 to $4,000.
From the time.com
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  • Any member of a ship's crew
  • Bluejacket: a serviceman in the navy
  • Boater: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
  • A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses. ...
  • Sailor is the second album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1968. It was the last Steve Miller Band album to feature contributions by Boz Scaggs.
  • Sailor are a British pop group, best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls Girls Girls", written by the group's lead singer, and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus.
  • Sailor (foaled 1952 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by heiress Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade Stable, he was out of the Brookmeade mare Flota and sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Eight Thirty.
  • Sailor is a song written by Werner Scharfenberger & Fini Busch which as sung in German by Lolita was a hit in Germany and in the US in 1960. ...
  • Sailor was a major BBC television documentary series, first shown in the late 1970s, about life on board the fourth HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. It followed the aircraft carrier on a five and a half month deployment to North America in 1976. ...